August 14, 2008

 

 

CE Council Minutes for Thursday, August 14, 2008 Meeting

 

Members:  Ted Lewis conference call for Abdul Tamimi (CF), Robin Garrett (K), Linda Head (M - interim chair), Jimmy Adams (NH), Katherine Miller (T), AVC Workforce: Ricardo Solis

Guests: Susanne Thaler (SO), Sal Mira (SBDC), Pat McDougall (SO)

               

 

Agenda Item

Action needed

 

Call to Order - 9:05

 

1

 

Approval of Meeting Notes: July 15, 2008

Approved

 

2

 

SBDC and CE - synergy

 

SBDC is developing a new business guide - both hardcopy and electronic version - contains tips on starting a business, locating business advisors, and city and state business related issues.

 

How can we collaborate??

Chambers indicated they did not want to be in the training business - Sal promoted LSC - Continuing Education and SBDC as options for them.  Chambers agreed to link websites to e-newsletters. 

 

 

 

 

 

Center for Business Development - Steve Head & Jimmy Adams - Sal recommends this be a template for the system.  Jimmy -  College & SBDC work together without competing. Support each other . 

 

 

Entrepreneurial Venture, Saturday, October 4 - 1 day seminar.   Needs to be an Annual System event.  Campuses will register attendees - obtain funding and award CEU's.

 

Sal Mira - requested promotion of SBDC events by CE.

 

 

 

 

 

Recommendation that Ray Laughter, Ricardo Solis (CE Council Rep) and SBDC work together on higher level communication with Chamber Leadership Councils, Workforce Boards and other local regional initiatives to facilitate our participation in training.

 

 College representation on SBDC Council - query College Presidents for updated representation list due to recent position changes.

 

Linda - Set up 1 course with 5 sections for the October 4 event.

 

Sal - regular guest for CE Council. Divide CE agenda to allow Sal to attend appropriate portions of meeting.

 

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(9:40)

Corporate College Update - Susanne Thaler

 

  • Staffing sorted out. Denton Bryant, Bonnie Dean, Cecilia , Connie Thomas - Business Training Consultants (Greenspoint location). Implementation - Frances Andrews (KW), Mary Fitzgerald (GP/NH), Rosemary Mooney (Tomball). Cy-fair and Montgomery positions open and a Program Coordinator for Greenspoint to support central office functions.
  • Visited with 4 CE Dean's about account and personnel transfers. Will meet with Linda about Montgomery on Monday.

 

  • Official public lauch will be Oct 15. Move to Greenspoint 3rd week of Sept. when office will be ready.

 

  • Keep Susanne updated on Implementation personnel office moves on campus.

 

  • Budgeting - things that are budgeted to Corporate training will be transferred.

 

  • Held a business processes meeting to streamline, rfp's, blanket purchase orders - will help with efficiency of grants and entire training process.

 

  • Pricing - adjust markup to 40-50% from the 25% markup however nonprofit groups would receive 25-30%.

 

  • Flat payrate for corporate training adjuncts - $37.80. Will not use SOQ's to determine payrate. Need to consider certification requirements for higher pay

 

  • Areas of concentration - Manufacturing, energy, government, transportation

 

  • Convening hiring committees for search of Cy-fair and Montgomery implementation Mgrs

 

CE Council - Susanne will be invited as a regular guest to help the information flow to and from the Corporate College organization and the colleges

 

 

 

4

 

Workforce Council Update

  • MSAs
  • New Program Development, status

 

Ricardo - no report

5

 

CE Forms Update

  • Transcript - waiting on draft
  • Class Roster - deferred to September
  • Course/instructor evaluation - deferred to September

 

Pattie: add approved Registration form to Spring 2009 schedule

Sherry Young - order certificates

Roz Moidel - get draft of Transcript to CE Council

Linda - get drafts of new roster and instructor evaluation forms from CE workgroup to present to CE Council

6

 

CE Course Pricing Review , update:

  • CE linked to credit and course fee structure
  • EC approved a CE pricing schedule that will be on the September LSC Board of Trustees agenda. Once approved the fees will be implemented Spring 2009

Ricardo - insure the price list is on the Spring 2009 Board agenda and report to CE Council and Pat McDougall once approved.

7

 

CE Spring 2009 Schedule, update:

  • Schedule Marketing Committee (Steve Lestarjette) Cover, Ads and Marketing

 

Steve Lestarjette - Proposed marketing dates - Bold items are the four mailings

 

Dec 1, 2008 CE Schedule

Feb 1, 2009 - Silver star

end of April 2009 - Summer CE Schedule

Silver Star - April 1

Star May 1

end of July - Fall CE Schedule

Star August 1, 2009

Silver Star - September, 1, 2009

Recommended a Post Card Canvas piece on CE /Workforce Development as fourth piece

 

  • Schedule Content Committee (Pat McDougall)

Topic Codes finalized and System office figured out how to put in Colleague.  Asked PM's to get courses /topic codes  to Pat.

 

Decision was made to revise timeline in order to create a quality schedule, due to the delay in approval for new pricing and fees.

 

Task

Original Date

New Date

EC approve pricing & fees

 

8/12/2008 ??

Board approve pricing & fees

 

9/2/2008

Team Leads deadline to finalize

 

9/2/2008

Build Sections

 

9/23/2008

Draft Content Download

 

9/26/2008

Content Download

9/19/2008

10/3/2008

To Designer

9/27/2008

10/10/2008

CE Council Review

10/7/2008

10/31/2008

To Print

11/1/2008

11/14/2008

Distribution by Post Office

Mid November

12/1/2008

 

 

 

 

Steve Lestarjette - marketing dates

 

Steve want ads for CE Schedule sent to him directly from CE Council Members by Sept 1

 

Sept 16, 9 am- CE Council will review  draft of CE Schedule Ads

 

We would like a CE Workforce Newsletter similar to the Achieve the Dream one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat will send the Kingwood Fall course/topic code list to CE Council for distribution to use as a starting point.

 

 

 Linda will submit change to Steve Lesterjette's Scheduling Subcommittee.

 

 Robert Barrs and Jed Young (for Danny) should do the 1st and 2nd draft of download.

 

Pat will send proposed Ed2Go page to appropriate people at campuses

 

Linda will send information page recommendations by Monday.

 

Recommendation - Team lead responsibility - to update linked courses to be sure it matches

 

Pat will notify PM's to wait to build sections until pricing is updated. 

 

Ricardo -request IT or support from student records to process master course pricing and fee updates.

 

8

 

 

Silver Star and ALL promotion - Steve Lestarjette agreed to promote ALL classes for the colleges in each college with an Ad 

 

9

 

 

New program: homeschooling

Steve Lestarjette

 

Home school assoc meeting Sept 15 - offer classes to kids - not dual credit but future opportunity for dual credit.  Devon Alexander and Linda Head attending.

No action needed

10

 

CE Payment Plans - TCP and ?????

Diane Novak - tabled until next month

11

 

  • Add/drop form - being updated
  • WECM archive
  • Field for ALL and adult leisure grades - delete it - grade scheme

 

Delane Maddux - tabled until next month

12

 

CE Content Groups - program managers - facilitators

Council- Donna Daughdrill take over Health related content group - Tabitha Anderson Resigned

 

Confirm Next Meeting Date/Time Place

September 2, 2008, DSTC 116

 

 

 

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Other CE/CT Projects in Progress (status):

  • CE Registration Update/Corrections (My Records) - recommendations were sent to Kim Baker - we will get an update at September meeting
  • CE Forms:
    1. Registration - out for bid from SO
    2. Certificates - out for bid from SO
  • CE Redesign - Review of Content - Rika announced that only CE council took care of deleting their pages that were dead-ends. The committee has completed its work
  • CE Web Redesign - Actual design of 1st and 2nd level pages - IT has drafted pages from our input and will bring to CE Council for final input over the next few weeks
  • CE Course Pricing Proposal - Proposal went to Ricardo to take to EC. Some version of it is expected to be on the September agenda
  • Corporate Training Restructure - Effective September 1, 2008
  • MOA (recommendations sent to LSCS HR on November 29, 2007, tabled until Ricardo Solis begins)
  • Consolidation of CE workforce certificates - done

 

CE Council Chair & Committee

 

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